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...farmers, drug cartels and pushers would have no one to buy the products of their coca leaves. When will the U.S. understand that the government can't stop people from taking drugs? And when will the U.S. stop spending taxpayer dollars to force the rest of the world to accept our values? ELAINE HEROLD Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 26, 2002 | 8/26/2002 | See Source »

This didn't suit many of the environmental groups involved in the negotiations that believed the market was just a clever way for corporations to skirt environmental regulations. Says Katie McGinty, then chairwoman of Clinton's Council on Environmental Quality: "Practically every utility in the country began to accept the notion that they would face legally binding carbon restrictions. But environmentalists who were opposed to doing anything consensual with industry said what we really should be doing is suing their butts under the current provisions of the Clean Air Act." Result: today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has no ability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Green For Their Own Good? | 8/26/2002 | See Source »

...enough. As Gandhi said many years ago, "We must become the change we want to see." I know change is possible, because I am changing, still figuring out what I think. I am still deciding how to live my life. The challenges are great, but if we accept individual responsibility and make sustainable choices, we will rise to the challenges, and we will become part of the positive tide of change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Young Can't Wait | 8/26/2002 | See Source »

There's no way to solve global warming overnight. But it's the American way to accept the hard work of making our country strong and our environment healthy. That kind of leadership wouldn't just change the tone in Washington; it would secure a cleaner and safer future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Counterpoint: Bush Takes a Backseat | 8/26/2002 | See Source »

...overnight sensation. It is easy enough in the digital age to insert computer-generated actors into a movie; the problem is inserting them into life. How do you take a pile of pixels on a personal-appearance tour? Or place it on the Today show? Or have it accept an Oscar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Pixel Perfect | 8/26/2002 | See Source »

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